diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index 71a9178ce2..c6f67e8923 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="linux"
-PKG_VERSION="2.6.39-rc3"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.39-rc4"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-000_crosscompile.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-000_crosscompile.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-000_crosscompile.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-000_crosscompile.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-002_bash_only_feature.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-002_bash_only_feature.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-002_bash_only_feature.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-002_bash_only_feature.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-003-no_dev_console.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-003-no_dev_console.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-003-no_dev_console.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-003-no_dev_console.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-004_lower_undefined_mode_timeout.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-005_kconfig_no_timestamp.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-006_enable_utf8.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-006_enable_utf8.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-006_enable_utf8.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-006_enable_utf8.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-007_die_floppy_die.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-007_die_floppy_die.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-007_die_floppy_die.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-007_die_floppy_die.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-008-hda_intel_prealloc_4mb_dmabuffer.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-009_disable_i8042_check_on_apple_mac.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-050_add_appleir_usb_driver.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-052-aureal_remote_quirk-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-053_ati-remote_all_keys_and_keychange-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-054_nuvoton-cir-only-warn-about-unknown-chips.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-055_nuvoton-cir-enable-CIR-on-w83667hg-chip-variant.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-062-Pioneer_DVR-216D_failed_xfermode-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-321-linux_omap_dss2_fix_SMC_instructions.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-322-omap4_pandaboard_fix_dvi_support-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch b/packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
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rename from packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc3-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch
rename to packages/linux/patches/linux-2.6.39-rc4-716_mm-zero_swappiness.patch